women to have autonomy and exercise their reproductive health right more effectively even from their homes.
He added that one key option that the state need to increase its contraceptives dependency rate “is for women of reproductive age to have access to contraceptives, particularly the Self-Inject(SI) method. No woman should die of pregnancy; it is not a sickness”
Giving an overview of the DISC project results and achievements in the state as well as the objective of the meeting, the State Coordinator family Planning , Mrs Enobong Eshiet, said though the project was implemented in only 5 LGAs, it has been cascaded to the other 26 Local Government Areas, showing wide acceptance of DMPA-SC method .
She listed the objectives to include State institutionalization of concept and goals including Primary Health care strengthening for continued Self Injection practices and possible State level scale up and Community perception, acceptance and strategy for Self Injection continuation and uptake across diverse groups.
She further highlighted, “Society for Family Health has supported in so many areas. Regarding the Self- Care intervention of family planning and services, we have achieved so much because of their support. within the of 21 months. The total number of women of reproductive age reached is 45,284″,
Some of the beneficiaries of the intervention at the meeting expressed happiness and noted that there were no side effects.
According to them, ” it gives us the independence to make choices, saves time and money as well as reduce the risks traveling long distances for refill and consultations.